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About Matholi Village

Matholi is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 109 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,174 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matholi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Karnaprayag
Pincode 246446
Area (hectares) 93.48 hectares
Population 237
Male Population 109
Female Population 128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,174
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Matholi compares

By the 2011 count Matholi is the 53rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 93.48 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Matholi

Matholi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matholi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matholi from other places

Matholi lies about 50 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 65 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Matholi
Tehsil headquarters Karnaprayag 32 km
Nearest town Pauri 45 km
District headquarters Chamoli 50 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 65 km

Villages closest to Matholi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karnaprayag tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Matholi

As per the Census of India 2011, Matholi village had a population of 237. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Matholi village has 109 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matholi has about 1174 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Matholi is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matholi covers 93.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matholi falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Matholi is Ramnagar, about 65 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Matholi.

Matholi is about 50 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matholi is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 32 km away. Pauri is about 45 km away. Chamoli is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamali (2.2 km), Sundar Gaon (3.8 km) and Baniyas (4.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Matholi today is likely to be higher.

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